Irish Bay to Montague Harbour, 10 miles, 1 hour

Heather & Monica got up around 9am to have breakfast. They want to take the kayaks out. This was our first time taking them out on this new boat, so we had to figure out the best way to do it. The swim platform is a bit higher out of the water than our previous boat (Aquila), so we thought it would be a challenge. Not a big deal though. You sit your butt on the platform, swing your legs over into the kayak and plop your butt over. Worked well. Monica went next and piece of cake. They kayaked about 90 mins around the cove. They floated over many types of kelp and plant life and many crabs and sea stars among it. They spotted something in the water, and assumed it was a seal, but then it got out on land, and it was a river otter. It walked up the hill and made its way to a rock and rolled around and sunbathed as they watched it. Very cute. After their little jaunt, we had a lunch. After lunch we pulled anchor and headed the 9 miles to Montague Harbour.. First we took the dinghy to the regular dock and browsed the store and got ice cream. After, we took the dinghy to shore and walked along the beaches for an hour or so. There are lots of tide pool like areas with a ton of tiny crabs all over the place. One stands there long enough and it looks like the ground it moving below you. We walked over to a second beach on the other side which is white from it being covered with broken and crushed clam and other shells. Heather joked to Fred on the way back that one beach should be named Romeo’s beach and the other, Juliet’s. The Montague reference had never occurred to Fred before. After our walk we headed back to the boat. We BBQ’d salmon on the upper deck and ate out back in the sun and fresh air. We watched ‘Royal Pains’ and some other random TV.